Suspension

Pierre has fitted our rear suspension damper kit and tells us here of his experiences.

I am completely in tune with Neil on the principle of its rear suspension, as it is also obvious. The dampers centered in the spring, RTR3003SPK with the sway bar at the top, RTR3006K. In fact we can wonder why Triumph did not put the damper directly  in the right place because the design of the suspension arm and the chassis were correct for that, instead of going to look for complexities to install the poor lever dampers. Strange, isn't, as the overall cost would have also surely remained lower, because the suspension trailing arm would have been simpler, without it needing to extend to the rear, (as they would not have planned anything for a rear bar, because there was none at the front !!!).

Whatever  the answer is, the positive point is that this extension allows us to install a rear bar, in the right place without risk of being torn off while driving. Thanks to Triumph anyway ...

Here are some images from the fitting process of the rear damper kit.

               Trailing arm before drilling for the lower bracket, RTR3003SPK Damper kit

Trailing arm refurbished with Lower mount installed, viewed from the top